In an effort to help Link Wary get elected into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach has just released the guitar pioneer's never-before-heard track "Son of Rumble" via his ...

When Link Wray recorded "Rumble" in early 1958, most rock-and-roll guitarists were doing everything they could to avoid distortion. Wray did the opposite, unabashedly leaning into it and, in the ...

Guitarist Link Wray, who was said to have invented the power chord, the major modus operandi of modern rock guitarists, has died in Copenhagen. By Billboard Staff Guitarist Link Wray, who was said to ...

Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin paid homage to guitarist Link Wray and inducted him posthumously into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame by performing his 1958 hit “Rumble” during the induction ceremony.

Born in 1929, Link Wray made some of the most blistering rock 'n' roll of all time. So why isn't he in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame yet? Initially signed to Cadence Records, Wray -- who was born ...

Legendary rock star Link Wray is finally headed to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. After many decades of oversight, this glaring omission has been rectified. The late guitar and rock trailblazer is ...

A sequel to Link Wray‘s rock classic “Rumble,” dubbed “Son of Rumble,” has been unearthed, with Black Keys singer Dan Auerbach‘s Easy Eye Sound label set to release the track in April. The ...

ACCORDING TO HIS liner notes, guitarist Eddie Angel never got a chance to say hi or goodbye to Link Wray, "the coolest rock-and-roll guitar player ever," the last time he saw his friend and occasional ...

Guitar master Link Wray, the father of the power chord in rock ‘n’ roll who inspired Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie and Pete Townshend, died Nov. 5 in Copenhagen. He was 76. Wray, who played in his ...

EXCLUSIVE: Production is underway on Cardinal Releasing the documentary Link Wray about the influential American musician. Fred Lincoln “Link” Wray Jr, the guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist who ...

Link Wray, the electric guitar innovator who is often credited as the father of the power chord, died earlier this month at his home in Copenhagen, apparently of natural causes. He was seventy-six. He ...